GESNERIACE E. 
obtuse at both ends, rounded at the base, serrated, glabrous 
above, but rather downy on the veins beneath ; heads of flowers 
axillary, involucrated, sessile. 2.8. Native of the island of 
Nusze-Kambanga, in woods. Corolla pale yellowish. Filaments 
of the fertile stamens rather villous on the back. Stigma emar- 
ginate. Nearly allied to C. pícta. 
Humble Cyrtandra. Pl. creeping. 
7 C. mAcROPHY'LLA (Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 25. t. 9. f. 1. 
a. g.) erectish; branches 4-sided, with rounded angles, and two 
opposite sides deeply furrowed ; leaves roundish-ovate, serrated, 
glabrous, the opposite ones abortive, on long petioles ; peduncles 
shorter than the petioles; flowers capitate, nearly sessile, sup- 
ported by a 1-leaved involucrum. Y%.S. Native of the inte- 
rior of Sumatra. Leaves dark green above, and whitish 
beneath. Corollas white. Sterile filaments 2. Stigma funnel- 
shaped. 
Large-leaved Cyrtandra. PI. 1 foot. 
8 C. uirsu'ra (Jack, l. c. p. 27.) plant ascending, pilose ; 
leaves elliptic-ovate, cordate at the base, crenated, pilose on 
both surfaces, on long petioles, the opposed ones generally 
abortive; heads few-flowered, involucrated by a 2-parted invo- 
lucrum. 2.8. Native of Sumatra. Stem terete. Leaves 5 
inches long, and 3 broad ; petioles as long as the leaves, em- 
bracing the stem at the base, and uniting with the base of the 
opposite one. Peduncles axillary, reflexed, villous. Corolla 
white, pilose outside. Stigma thick, depressed. Sterile fila- 
ments 2. 
Hairy Cyrtandra. | Pl. ascending. 
9 C. 1ncémpeta (Jack, l. c. p. 29.) plant erect, shaggy with 
brown hairs; leaves elliptic-ovate, serrated, on long petioles, 
the opposed ones abortive; heads of flowers propped by a 2- 
leaved involucrum, densely woolly. 2/. S. Native of Sumatra, 
where it is called Langkavang by the Malays. Leaves villous, 
6 inches long. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Corolla 
villous; limb nearly equal. Ovarium embraced by a nectarial 
ring. 
a Cyrtandra. Pl. erect. 
10 C. av'nzA (Jack, l. c.) showy, erect; stem thick, 4-sided, 
pilose from adpressed hairs ; leaves opposite, roundish ovate, 
acuminated, serrated, clothed with silky pili, on long petioles ; 
heads of flowers dense, nearly sessile, involucrated. 4%. S 
Native of the interior of Bencoolen, at the foot of Gunong 
Bunko. Leaves both perfect. Involucrum closely investing 
the head of flowers. Corolla yellow, sub-campanulate : limb 
nearly equal. Stigma bilabiate. 
Golden-flowered Cyrtandra. — Pl. erect. 
11 C. PELTA'TA (Jack, l. c. p. 30.) leaves peltate, ovate, 
acuminated ; heads on very short peduncles, involucrated. 2%. 
S. Native of Sumatra. Stem ascending, terete, smooth. 
Leaves on long petioles, the opposite petioles, abortive, bluntly 
serrated, smooth, paler beneath, 8-10 inches long. Corolla 
white, funnel-shaped ; limb rather irregular. Sterile filaments 
2. Ovarium embraced by a nectarial ring. 
Peltate-leaved Cyrtandra. PI. ascending. 
$ 2. Stems herbaceous. Peduncles bibracteate, 1-2-3-flomered. 
Flowers mot capitate.— Species natives of the Sandwich 
Islands. 
12 C. corpirér1a (Gaud. in Freyc. voy. pt. bot. p. 446. t. 
56.) leaves roundish-ovate, acute, obliquely cordate, toothed, 
hairy above, but clothed with villous tomentum beneath, rusty ; 
peduncles 3-flowered ; calyxes clothed with rusty villi, %. S. 
Native of the Sandwich Islands, from the altitude of 100 to 300 
hexapods, along with the following species. 
XXIV. CynTANDRA. 661 
Cordate-leaved Cyrtandra. Pl. erect. 
13 C. cnANDIFLORA (Gaud. l.c. p. 447. t. 55.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, narrowed at the base, obsoletely denticulated, cili- 
ated, smoothish above, but paler beneath, with the nerves and 
veins clothed with powdery down ; peduncles 2-leaved and 2- 
flowered at the apex; calyxes glabrous. X. S. Native of 
the Sandwich Islands. 
Great-flowered Cyrtandra. Pl. erect. 
14 C. Lessonia‘na (Gaud. l. c. t. 54.) leaves oblong, acu- 
minated, narrowed at the base, denticulated, puberulous above, 
but clothed with silky tomentum beneath, rusty ; peduncles 1- 
flowered, bibracteate; calyx rather villous, 5-parted, with the 
edges of the segments undulately inflexed. 34. S. Native of 
the Sandwich Islands. 
Lesson's Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 
15 C. rrirtora (Gaud. l. c. t. 52.) leaves oblong, sub-acu- 
minated, cuneated at the base, somewhat doubly serrated, gla- 
brous; nerves and veins clothed with adpressed down beneath ; 
peduncles 3-flowered; calyxes smoothish. 24. S. Native of 
the Sandwich Islands. 
Three-flowered Cyrtandra. Pl. erect. 
16 C. spirróRA (Forst. gen. 3. no. 1.) leaves ovate, quite 
entire; involucrum caducous, inflated ; peduncles 2-flowered. 
u.G. Native of Otaheite. Besléria biflóra, Forst. floral. no. 
236. 
Two-flowered Cyrtandra. Pl. erect. 
17 C. CanuoriA'NA (Gaud. l. c. t. 53.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acute, running into the petioles, remotely serrulated, hairy 
above, and clothed with soft tomentose pubescence beneath, 
canescent; peduncles few-flowered, -subdichotomous; calyxes 
villously pubescent. 2/.S. Native of the Sandwich Islands. 
Carnoli's Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 
18 C. patupdsa (Jack, l. c. p. 447.) leaves oblong, acu- 
minated, narrowed at the base, coarsely serrated, glabrous, paler 
beneath ; peduncles 1-flowered. Y. S. Native of the Sand- 
wich Islands. 
Marsh Cyrtandra. Pl. erect. 
19 C. Mxwziz si (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
91.) leaves 4 in a whorl,? oblong, short-acuminated, cuneated 
at the base, somewhat denticulately ciliated towards the apex, 
rather scabrous above, glabrous beneath, but the nerves and 
veins are clothed with adpressed down; peduncles bearing 
many flowers, which are disposed in an umbellate manner ; 
calyx hairy, with subulate teeth. 2t. S. Native of the Sand- 
wich Islands. 
Menzies's Cyrtandra. PI. erect. 
§ 3. Stems suffruticose, erect. Corollas bilabiate, diriy pur- 
plish, or dirty yellow, for the most part small, and disposed in 
fascicles. Habit different from the other sections, and have 
more resemblance to the Didymocarpus frutéscens. The spe- 
cies of this section might form a distinct genus, on account of 
their bilabiate corolla and longer fruit, and in the whole super- 
fices of the lobes of the dissepiment being seminiferous. 
20 C. pizosa (Blum. bijdr. p. 770.) stem ascending, simple, 
tetragonal at top ; leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, sharply ser- 
rated, sessile, pilose above, and strigose on the veins beneath; 
fascicles many-flowered, on short peduncles, axillary, involu- 
crated by foliaceous bracteas. h. S. Native of Java, in 
humid places on the mountains of Salak, Gede, Seribu, &c. 
Flowers dirty yellow, having the lower lip reddish inside, and 3- 
lobed : upper lip emarginate, smaller. Sterile filaments 3, 
small. Allied to C. rubiginósa. 
Pilose Cyrtandra, Shrub small. 
